duran.goodyear
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I'm curious what people have done in terms of changing the perception of orbial facilities for 2300ad.
one thing that always irked me about 2300ad was that it seemed that there was a distinct LACK of oribal colonies, and industrial facilities around the major planets.
Earth and Lunar orbit should be littered with them. I would also imagine that with advanced fusion powerplants, HE3 would be needed in great abundance, and as such, orbital stations around planets or moons or asteroids that have HE3 would be needed.
as mentioned so much, it really SUCKS getting off planet, so I'd imagine a diverse and dense orbial industrial system would exist for the maintnance and building of larger ships for exploration and trade among the stars.
in my personal slice of 2300ad, the existance of orbital facilities around large scale colonies is a matter of fact. and that early industrial development would take advantage of any asteroids or mineral deposits in the solar system in question.
I've been reading Peter F. Hamilton's Reality Dysfunction series. and a principle part of any major worlds industrial effort is based around a whole slew of orbital bases, that provide orbital defense, industrial bases, habitats.
mind you its set in the year 2610, but the history of the story has earth very well developed by the year 2300.
all of these facilities would be pretty vulnerable to stutterwarp combat of course, but such is the risks for intersteller exploration. and seriously, who saw those kafers coming.
I also have a much more optimistic/romantic view of the ease at which man kind can move around, and that it isn't such a big deal to build a stutterwarp ship
one thing that always irked me about 2300ad was that it seemed that there was a distinct LACK of oribal colonies, and industrial facilities around the major planets.
Earth and Lunar orbit should be littered with them. I would also imagine that with advanced fusion powerplants, HE3 would be needed in great abundance, and as such, orbital stations around planets or moons or asteroids that have HE3 would be needed.
as mentioned so much, it really SUCKS getting off planet, so I'd imagine a diverse and dense orbial industrial system would exist for the maintnance and building of larger ships for exploration and trade among the stars.
in my personal slice of 2300ad, the existance of orbital facilities around large scale colonies is a matter of fact. and that early industrial development would take advantage of any asteroids or mineral deposits in the solar system in question.
I've been reading Peter F. Hamilton's Reality Dysfunction series. and a principle part of any major worlds industrial effort is based around a whole slew of orbital bases, that provide orbital defense, industrial bases, habitats.
mind you its set in the year 2610, but the history of the story has earth very well developed by the year 2300.
all of these facilities would be pretty vulnerable to stutterwarp combat of course, but such is the risks for intersteller exploration. and seriously, who saw those kafers coming.
I also have a much more optimistic/romantic view of the ease at which man kind can move around, and that it isn't such a big deal to build a stutterwarp ship
